Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Comparing my first and second interview


         I think I am really much experienced than the first interview. Overall, both f these two interviews are going well. But the second is much better than the first one. Maybe it's because the first interviewee come from Burundi, to be honest, i know this country so less that i cannot expand the questions smooth. And about second one, i interview a person who is an American, i know America more because i have already been to America for one and a half years, and when i was still in China, i always heard something about America as well, include history, government, education and so on. So you can imagine we can have a nicer communication if i know this country better. And compare with the first one, i think i prepare much better, i have listed all the questions and imagined the expand questions on a list, and about these questions, i already search some information first, because i do not think i can have a great chatting if i am a utterly ignorant guy. And due to there is a question about food, so i have prepared some Chinese food to let the interviewee try. Although out of a clear sky, the person thinks the taste is different, i still think it help a lot to have a harmonious atmosphere, and therefore both of us can enjoy the interview. At the end, i gave a bamboo fan as a small gift what i brought from my hometown; take this opportunity to introduce my hometown-Anji, a beautiful town filled with bamboos. i always act like an ambassador who are working for culture exchange, when i touch the advanced cultures, at the same time i also want to spread the cultures from my hometown. Try to be unique is making my interview a little different from other's. What i have to say is that i spend several hours to transcribe the recorder, maybe during the first interview, the questions are fixed not like the second one, i have expand more questions about one topic, so it add much difficult for me to transcribe. And several sentences, i have to hear over and over again. Even i need to contact the context to think about one word, sometimes i know the meaning, but i should try to use a dictionary to find correct spelling. Also it makes me feel satisfied. Surely I really improve a lot from the first interview to the second one, whichever aspect. Doubtlessly i can do the third interview better, even though it still not perfect if compares with my next interview. Unceasing enhancement is the meaning for interview practice.

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